Investing.com – Sweden stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 lost 0.99% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were ASSA ABLOY AB ser. B (ST:ASSAb), which rose 0.70% or 1.3 points to trade at 186.9 at the close. Meanwhile, Investor AB ser. B (ST:INVEb) added 0.26% or 1.0 points to end at 385.3 and Telia Company AB (ST:TELIA) was up 0.20% or 0.07 points to 35.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Svenska Cellulosa SCA AB B (ST:SCAb), which fell 4.00% or 12.0 points to trade at 287.8 at the close. Boliden AB (ST:BOL) declined 3.06% or 8.50 points to end at 268.90 and Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb) was down 2.97% or 1.07 points to 34.97.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 435 to 277 and 72 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.70% or 0.37 to $52.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.05% or 0.58 to hit $54.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1291.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.31% to 9.6052, while USD/SEK fell 0.24% to 8.9762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 99.66.